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BIRKBECK COLLEGE, University of London, celebrated on December 7 its 115th anniversary with an eloquent oration on “Ends and Means” by Sir Richard Livingstone, president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Foundation oration dealt with the underlying principles of morality in individual and social intercourse in contrast with the present unrest in world affairs. In his report, which was followed by the presentation of graduates, Dr. George Senter, principal of the College, mentioned various details about its progress, the plan for moving it to the Blooms-bury site, the distinctions gained by the staff, and the activities of the various College societies. During the last academic year, there were 971 students registered, 122 having graduated. Statistics show that 430 students were teachers, 176 clerks and 132 chemists. Considerable progress was made during the year with the plans for new College buildings on the Bloomsbury site. Towards the end of the session, instructions were given for the clearance of the site, and it was expected that the detailed plans would be submitted soon to the Governors. A notable appointment to the academic staff was that of Prof. J. D. Bernal who succeeded Prof. P. M. S. Blackett in the chair of physics. Prof. Bernal's work is mainly concerned with structural investigations by means of X-rays, and is of great interest to chemists and biologists as well as to physicists.
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Birkbeck College. Nature 142, 1069 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1421069b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1421069b0